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Bishop and union clash over bullying THE Bishop of Ripon & Leeds, the Rt Revd John Packer, has rejected claims by the Unite trade union that bullying among the clergy is “rife”. Subscriber only	RC school’s criteria not ‘fair’ A HIGH-ACHIEVING Roman Catholic comprehensive school in west London will have to change its admissions criteria Subscriber only	Bishops in Lords receive £135,000 CHURCH of England bishops claimed just over £135,000 from the public purse for attending the House of Lords in the past financial year. Subscriber only

Turkey may claim St Nicholas’s relics A REQUEST by Turkey for the return of St Nicholas’s bones from their current resting place in Italy would be “terribly hypocritical” Subscriber only	Float around, said god BC A CLAY tablet dating from 1700 BC has shed new light on a possible prototype of Noah’s ark. It was circular. Subscriber only	Churches aid rise of food-bank schemes RECESSION and redundancy have prompted a huge rise in the number of food banks giving out emergency supplies to people in crisis in the UK. Subscriber only

Broadway-bound Geraint Llyr Owen, a chorister at Llandaff Cathedral, who has been invited to be a soloist at the Lincoln Center in New York. Subscriber only	Not my finale, says Stancliffe THE Bishop of Salisbury, Dr David Stancliffe, has announced that he is to resign in July, on the eve of his 68th birthday. Subscriber only	Churches vandalised at Christmas IT WAS not a very happy Christmas for two town-centre churches. Subscriber only

New Year list honours diversities of gifts HONOURS for senior members of the clergy associated with the armed services were announced in the New Year Honours list last week. Subscriber only	Festive find Choristers Toby Hyde-Barker, Owen Sparkes, and Kodi Robinson at Southwell Minster with an inscribed 1823 mahogany collection box Subscriber only	TAC members mostly in India NINETY per cent of the membership of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) resides in India and Africa Subscriber only

Romantic break for the C of E FALLING in love, staying in love, and Christian love are celebrated in St Valentine’s Day liturgical material offered by the Archbishops’ Council’s Weddings... Subscriber only	Aglow: Fire at York Minster stoneyard Some of the 311 panes from York Minster’s great east window were carried to safety Subscriber only	Former Bishop of London Graham Leonard dies The late Graham Leonard served London “with faithfulness”, the Bishop of London said Subscriber only

Gathered round Children listen to Brother Alois, leader of the ecumencical Taizé community Subscriber only	'Hope for fourth hostage' says chaplain in Iraq, after talks THE Chaplain of St George’s, Baghdad, Canon Andrew White, has expressed a hope that the last missing British hostage Subscriber only	Jailed missionary freed FIONA FULTON, the British missionary who was sentenced to a year’s hard labour with her husband David Subscriber only

Cardinal Daly: tributes from all sides THE FUNERAL of Cardinal Cahal Daly, who died on 31 December, aged 92, took place at St Patrick’s Cathedral Subscriber only	Shaken up Police stand by after a gas explosion in Shrewsbury, on Sunday. Subscriber only	Denham chooses panel THE Communities Secretary, John Denham, this week appointed a panel of 13 faith advisers to act as a “sounding board” Subscriber only

Cornish school rescued THE 300 pupils at the Bolitho School, Penzance, an Anglican independent school, were back at their desks this week Subscriber only	Border Agency is criticised THE conditions in a holding pen for migrants trying to get into Britain, and the hardships faced by refused asylum-seekers Subscriber only	House discovered from time of Jesus THE first dwelling in Nazareth which can be dated back to the time of Jesus has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists. Subscriber only

Exclusion of Dalit Christians may end CHRISTIANS in Orissa, in India, having experienced two years of violence and dislocation Subscriber only	Service held in Leipzig landmark FORTY-ONE years after the destruction of St Paul’s University Church, Leipzig Subscriber only	Atheists protest over law ATHEISTS in the Republic of Ireland are mounting a campaign to overturn a new blasphemy law that took effect on 1 January. Subscriber only

Overseas news in brief ‘More than 1000’ crimes against US churches; Zambian networks condemn violence against women; Megachurch raises $2.4 million in three days; Churchgoers... Subscriber only

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